This month you’ll get “Street Whys” with the newest book by bestseller Christopher Chambers — you won’t want to miss his third novel in his critically-acclaimed Detective Dickie Cornish series
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Learn why critics are saying that Chris Chambers' "Streetwhys is more noir than any noir has any right to be."
Book lovers call Chris' stories: "Dizzying. Raw. His words pop off the page like hot rounds from a Saturday Night Special. Buckle up, buttercup.”
July 2025: This month, the Inkandescent team is proud to launch a new website for bestselling author Christopher Chambers: ChrisChambersNoir.com. We know you will enjoy the gritty essence of his writing including his newest novel, “Street Whys.”
About the book: We again meet Washington, DC’s notorious detective, former street denizen Dickie Cornish, who faces off with bloodthirsty cops and the justice department. Underground detective Dickie Cornish faces a vindictive murder rap from his past if he doesn’t agree to help prove that the fentanyl ravaging the streets of DC is bankrolled by shadowy donors of a certain former president. Broke and desperate, Cornish soon finds himself on a collision course with shady public defenders and corrupt police officers, forcing him to use his street connections to flip their plan. Or die.
The Dickie Cornish series has met with widespread critical acclaim. Publishers Weekly dubbed the series debut, Scavenger, “[A] no-holds-barred crime novel…a 21st-century twist on traditional hardboiled noir.” The Strand Magazine selected Standalone, the second book in the series, as one of the “Top 25 Mystery Novels of the Year,” adding, “It’s apparent that the modern heir to Chandler, Woolrich, and Cain is Christopher Chambers, enough said.” And renowned crime author George Pelecanos raves that the series “really nails Washington, DC in the current environment.” Click here to buy the book.
Click here to listen to Chris’s podcast interview with bestselling thriller novelist Jeffrey James Higgins at Elaine’s Literary Salon. Jeff says: “Streetwhys is more noir than any noir has any right to be. It’s the reason why book lovers call Chris’ stories dizzying. Raw. His words pop off the page like hot rounds from a Saturday Night Special. Buckle up, buttercup.”
About Chris Chambers: A Washington, D.C. native, Chris is a lecturer at Georgetown University, Chair of the International Conflict Resolution Center and is General Counsel to a not-for-profit benefitting HBCUs: Student Housing of America. He is the author of the Angela Bivens thriller series for Random House, The Rocket Crockett pulp noir series and Black Pulp for Prose-Press, and editor along with Gary Phillips of The Darker Mask graphic short story collection, the Bronze Buckaroo Rides Again: Honoring Harlem’s Herb Jeffries. He was a finalist in 2008 for the PEN/Malamud Short Story Award for “Leviathan.”
He’s contributed short stories to The Obama Inheritance: 15 Stores of Conspiracy Noir (Three Rooms Press) and winner of the Anthony Award. The Black Panther: Tales Of Wakanda, The Faking of the President and Midnight Hour, Witnesses for the Dead with Gar Anthony Haywood–all major award-winning collections and bestsellers. His noir hardboiled mystery Scavenger (2020) won a starred review and profile in Publisher’s Weekly; the sequel Standalone sees the return of the indestructible homeless addict turned PI Dickie Cornish, patrolling the unforgiving city streets ravaged by COVID, with the third in the trilogy Streetwhys in 2025. His next Marvel contribution is in Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson.
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